Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalacians

Common Mosses of the Northeast and AppalachiansBy Karl B McKnight, Joseph R. Rohrer, Kirsten McKnight Ward & Warren J. Perdrizet

Princeton University Press, 2013, $24.95

This is the first book to help amateur naturalists recognize 200 common mosses of the Northeast and the Appalachian Mountains. With just this field guide, a hand lens, and a spray bottle--no microscopes necessary--readers will be able to identify many of the common species of mosses growing in the region's backyards, parks, forests, wetlands, and mountains. The area covered includes the northeastern quarter of the country from Maine to Minnesota and down the Appalachian chain to North Carolina and Tennessee. At the heart of this guide is an innovative, color-tabbed system that helps readers pick out small groups of similar species. Illustrated identification keys, colorful habitat and leaf photos, more than 600 detailed line drawings, and written descriptions help differentiate the species.

The book is available from the publisher (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9971.html), as well as many bookstores that carry field guides, and of course Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Common-Mosses-Northeast-Appalachians-Princeton/dp/0691156964).